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Day1 - 2
You will be picked up at Entebbe International Airport by our Driver/guide and then transfered to your hotel in Kampala. Forest Cottages vis the ideal place to relax as you prepare for the long and eventful safari ahead becaause the safari will involve some trekking and multiple game drives.
Forest Cottages |
Budget hotel located in or near Kampala
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Day2 - 3
Depart Kampala and head to Kibale Forest National Park with a lunch stopover at Andrew's Gardens. Later drive to Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve that sits on a Crater rim. Kibale National Park is a national park in Western Uganda, protecting moist evergreen rain forest. It is 766 square kilometres in size and is located between 1,100 metres to 1,600 metres in elevation. Despite encompassing primarily moist evergreen forest, it contains a diverse array of landscapes.
Nkurubu Bandas |
Budget banda located inside Lake Nkuruba NR
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Day3 - 4
Breakfast and go to the park headquarters at 8:00am. Get the
introduction from the park warden and join a group and begin your
adventure to meet our closest relatives the “Chimpanzees”. You might
come across some primates like Black and white Colobus, Grey cheeked
Mangabeys, Birds, butterfly among others. Later return and proceed to
have lunch. After lunch do a swamp walk at Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary.
Nkurubu Bandas |
Budget banda located inside Lake Nkuruba NR
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Day4 - 5
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via lake Katwe salt lake and experience how locals extract salt from water, then drive to Mweya peninsula for check in and lunch at UWA lower camp then boat cruise at 3:00pm of which this exercise takes two hours. Expected to come back at 5:00pm. Be driven to your hotel for overnight.
The Bush Lodge (Banda) |
Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
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Day5 - 6
Morning experiential game drive from 06:30am to may be 9:30am all depends on the field condition. You will be expected to have a morning breakfast at lake bunyampaka in the wilderness. It is from here that you will be driving to Bwindi impenetrable National Park via Ishasha (Northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) continue for overnight in Buhoma (Ruhondeza).
Ruhondeza Lodge & Campsite |
Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP
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Day6 - 7
An early start as we head for the highlight of this tour. We shall head to
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
It is the richest forest in Uganda in terms of number of plant species.
Also home to half of the population of the critically endangered
mountain Gorillas in the world and was gazetted in 1991.
We shall do briefing at the Park headquarters and then beginning the
trekking expedition. The beauty of the forest is breathtaking with the
steeply forested landscapes. Tracking these incredible primates varies
according to the their movement. Once sighted you will be allowed an
hour with them. Bear in mind few people leave without being amazed by
this gentle giants.
Ruhondeza Lodge & Campsite |
Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP
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Day7 - 8
Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi popularly known for being the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake Tanganyika with surface elevation of 1962m and max depth of 900m (2953ft) in Kabale town. Without forgetting its 29 islands among them there is punishment and leprosy islands that makes lake bunyonyi worthy not to miss while on such a tour in south western part Uganda.
Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort |
Mid-range resort located in or near Lake Bunyonyi
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Day8 - 9
Breakfast then do the activities on the lake which will involve canoeing, visit some islands like punishment, Mutebire and leprosy islands, there after the boat ride, you will be expected at the hotel for lunch and either resting till next day when you will be transferred to lake Mburo National Park. Over night the same Hotel.
Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort |
Mid-range resort located in or near Lake Bunyonyi
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Day9 - 10
Drive to Lake Mburo National park through Mbarara town, then stopover at igongo cultural centre for lunch. Later continue to Rwakobo rock for overnight. Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda.
Rwakobo Rock |
Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
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Day10 - 11
Preferably do the Game walking since this park doesn’t have predators, this is done for you to get good pictures. And these are Zebras, errands, giraffes and impalas. We shall be expected to drive back to Kampala with a stopover at equator for lunch and pictures on the Equator crossing.
Forest Cottages |
Budget hotel located in or near Kampala
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Day11
Breakfast, and then City tour where we shall visit the following Berhigh temple African village for your last shopping then possibly, buying Ugandan roasted coffee beans as we continue to Entebbe Airport.
No accommodation